| Question 1: Which of the following types of questions should be avoided in surveys? |
| Reference: | Artino Jr, Anthony R., et al. "Developing questionnaires for educational research: AMEE Guide No. 87." Medical teacher 36.6 (2014): 463-474. |
| Choice A: | Single-barreled |
| Choice B: | Double-barreled |
| Choice C: | Quantitative |
| Choice D: | Qualitative |
| Question 2: What is the purpose of systematically reviewing the survey’s content before distributing the survey? |
| Reference: | Artino Jr, Anthony R., et al. "Developing questionnaires for educational research: AMEE Guide No. 87." Medical teacher 36.6 (2014): 463-474. |
| Choice A: | To improve the overall quality of the survey |
| Choice B: | To improve the statistical power of the survey |
| Choice C: | To increase the overall survey length |
| Choice D: | To increase the response time |
| Question 3: When translating a questionnaire from one language to another, which of these is not an important step in the process? |
| Reference: | Guidelines for developing, translating, and validating a questionnaire in perioperative and pain medicine; Siny Tsang, Colin F. Royse, and Abdullah Sulieman Terkawi. |
| Choice A: | Establish an expert committee |
| Choice B: | Utilize a certified third-party vendor |
| Choice C: | Perform a forward translation |
| Choice D: | Perform a backwards translation |
| Question 4: Which of these has not been used by medical physicists as a survey tool? |
| Reference: | NASA TLX: Mazur LM, Mosaly PR, Jackson M, Chang SX, Burkhardt KD, Adams RD, Jones EL, Hoyle L, Xu J, Rockwell J, Marks LB. Quantitative assessment of workload and stressors in clinical radiation oncology. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Aug 1;83(5):e571-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.063. Epub 2012 Apr 13. PMID: 22503527.
AHRQ T-TPQ: Swanson S L, Cavanaugh S, Patino F, et al. (April 05, 2021) Improving Incident Reporting in a Hospital-Based Radiation Oncology Department: The Impact of a Customized Crew Resource Training and Event Reporting Intervention. Cureus 13(4): e14298. doi:10.7759/cureus.14298
STAI: Establishing a New Clinical Role for Medical Physicists: A Prospective Phase II Trial. Todd F. Atwood, PhD , Derek W. Brown, PhD, James D. Murphy, MD, Kevin L. Moore, PhD, Arno J. Mundt, MD, Todd Pawlicki, PhD IJROBP. VOLUME 102, ISSUE 3, P635-641, NOVEMBER 01, 2018 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.06.040 |
| Choice A: | NASA-TLX |
| Choice B: | AHRQ T-TPQ |
| Choice C: | STAI |
| Choice D: | WHO-PSQB |
| Question 5: From the list below, choose the best way of decreasing the perceived cost of completing a questionnaire |
| Reference: | National Network of Libraries of Medicine Evaluation Office, Social Exchange Theory and Questionnaires Part 1: Questionnaire Design, https://news.nnlm.gov/neo/2017/10/16/social-exchange-theory-and-questionnaires-part-1-questionnaire-design/, October 16, 2017, Accessed April 26, 2021. |
| Choice A: | Make the questionnaire short |
| Choice B: | Combine questions so that there are fewer numbered questions |
| Choice C: | Ask questions that help you achieve the goals of the questionnaire |
| Choice D: | Intersperse open-ended questions throughout the questionnaire |
| Question 6: Which of the following will increase the response rate for surveys? |
| Reference: | Dillman, Don A., Symth, Jolene D., and Christian, Leah, M. 2009. Internet, Mail, and Mixed Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method, 3rd Edition. John Wiley &Sons, Hoboken, NJ. |
| Choice A: | Offer a token of appreciation in advance |
| Choice B: | Personalize the cover letter |
| Choice C: | Send a prenotice |
| Choice D: | All of the above |
